the components of speech and language

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The components of speech and language

Language is a system of rules employed by humans in communication to convey and share thoughts , emotions and ideas . Language is the capacity to comprehend what is heard and the expression of notions by use of words through speech , signing , gestures , eye blinks or writing . The brain assists in the development of language as well as in its interpretation

Language is composed

of various elements namely : semantics , syntax phonology , morphology and pragmatics . Phonology is the study of language speech structures , simple speech unit models and established pronunciation conventions . Phonemes are the basic sounds that constitute a language . For instance , `that ' consists of three phonemes : `th `a ,`t . The study of basic units of meaning is called morphemes Morphemes comprise of foundation words like `hat , `love ' and `dog ' as well as affixes like `un-` , and `re-` , past tense as in `ed ' and plurals like `s ' and `es . Morphology is crucial in language development and signifies basic structural blocks for understanding

Syntax involves the study of the dynamics of combination of words with their smallest significant units to develop sentences . Comprehension of syntax makes one understand that the following differently-ed sentences imply the same idea although they are of differing complexity `The boy hit the ball ' and `The ball was hit by the boy . The sentence `I went to the store ' is correct but to the store...